March 23, 2011, 6:05 pm
Some of you may be wondering whether I’m planning an update to "Avid Agility" for Media Composer 5.5. The answer is yes. It’ll be a relatively minor update, with changes confined to the new features (mainly Find, PhraseFind, the Transition Tool and Legacy/Classic Trim Mode).

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June 2, 2020, 5:06 pm
Jonathan Harris began his career in visual effects in 2006. He works in many studios such as Important Looking Pirates, DNEG, Weta Digital and in 2018, he founded his studio, Dupe. He has worked on films such as KICK-ASS, IRON MAN 2, MAN OF STEEL and AVENGERS: THE AGE OF ULTRON.

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June 1, 2020, 5:10 pm
For this Tool Talk we’re going to be talking about the Post Production workflow. It’s a little dry but it’s a crucial step in the film making process and there are things you need to do to ensure that you don’t lose a hard days work to something that could have been avoided with the proper precautions.

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June 1, 2020, 12:58 pm
In context: Back in April, major HDD manufacturers including Toshiba, Seagate, and WD were found shipping slower SMR-based HDDs without public disclosure. While all three companies admitted to this practice after being called out, WD was particularly grilled for using this technology in its Red series of NAS drives and now finds itself in the middle of multiple class-actions filed by law firms in the US and Canada.

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May 29, 2020, 1:06 pm
Michael Mann is the kind of director who holds complete films in his head before he begins making them. He is a rare breed of an auteur who has everything to do with everything. In the scope of his filmography, his producing and screenwriting are no less significant than his directing. He ceaselessly communicates the blueprint he envisions for each department — hyper-specific costuming, makeup, background direction, prop placement, blocking, lighting, shooting, production design, et al.